Healthy Lifestyle Starts From What You Eat

Posted on May 11, 2010 in Lifestyle |

You are what you eat. Well, my keyword to eat healthily is ‘balance’. My interpretation of balance is to reach the harmony of five elements in food.

Derive from the theory of Yin and Yang, our organs, feelings, color of food and the taste of food are represented by different elements/forces from the universe (wood, fore, earth, metal and water). Therefore, when all the elements/forces are balanced they promotes better health. When they are imbalanced they produce destructive effects like illness. They are exclusive but inter-related. You may refer to the web sites listed below for more comprehensive info.

Tips to have a balanced diet:

1. Understand the Five element/forces relationship

The relationship between the five elements and body parts, feelings, colors, and taste

Generating cycle: promotes harmony and well-balanced

Control cycle: using the opposite elements/forces to control imbalanced elements/forces

2. Consume balance food by knowing what elements they fall in.

Balance your diet by first knowing the nature of the food

Common food that nourish the elements respectively

3. Consume all five color food (green, red, yellow, white, black/blue) in every meal or at least one meal per day. They provide balanced antioxidant to prevent illnesses like cancer, heart attack, high blood pressure and etc)

Food color and its benefits

Food categorized according to color

4. Go for other countries’ cuisine if you are lazy or bored of cooking your own dish.

Food that you are looking for
- whole grain food: China and Green cuisine
- portion control diet: France and Japan cuisine
- fresh and unprocessed food: Italy, France, Greece, Japan, United States cuisine.
- spicy food: India, China, Thailand cuisine.
Healthy food from different countries ranked according as below: (pictures taken from google image search)